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Send lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mountain of Daughter Zion.
Isaiah 16:1 In-Context
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Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of Daughter Zion.
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Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
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“Make up your mind,” Moab says. “Render a decision. Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees.
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Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer.” The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.
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In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it— one from the house of David— one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.